Why wasn't Iran colonised? (Short Animated Documentary)

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  • @andreischipor38
    @andreischipor38 4 года назад +11642

    Iran be like: If I stand perfectly still, they won't see me

    • @Kerriangel
      @Kerriangel 4 года назад +368

      The Drax defense

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 4 года назад +253

      And somehow it worked

    • @bensmith5288
      @bensmith5288 4 года назад +72

      Be like ? Are you a 14 year old Californian girl ?

    • @DiracComb.7585
      @DiracComb.7585 4 года назад +82

      Kerri Angel i just realized ”the Drax defense” is actually really cool sounding

    • @Dubanx
      @Dubanx 4 года назад +42

      \*Strikes oil\*
      Fuuuuuuu

  • @KonigHoff
    @KonigHoff 4 года назад +2894

    This channel is the definition of "really good questions rarely asked"

    • @D00MMAST3R
      @D00MMAST3R 4 года назад +30

      I just want to know why Mongolia was never annexed in the Cold War by the USSR or China...

    • @KonigHoff
      @KonigHoff 4 года назад +13

      @@D00MMAST3R I think the reason was that it held no strategic value, or lacked resources

    • @firstlast-pq1tx
      @firstlast-pq1tx 4 года назад +38

      @@D00MMAST3R i think it served as a buffer state between Russia and China

    • @Dosteyboi
      @Dosteyboi 4 года назад +3

      @@firstlast-pq1tx you're wrong

    • @HogBurger
      @HogBurger 3 года назад +10

      @@Dosteyboi Mongolia was a Soviet satellite state

  • @ElBandito
    @ElBandito 4 года назад +3976

    Britain: Talk dirty to me.
    Iran: Crude oil.

    • @mehdisd3756
      @mehdisd3756 4 года назад +59

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @jannieseth
      @jannieseth 4 года назад +30

      @Sagitarrius A* what the fuck bro u got me

    • @z..a9562
      @z..a9562 3 года назад +6

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @z..a9562
      @z..a9562 3 года назад +5

      @Sagitarrius A* wtf 😂

    • @aj7373
      @aj7373 3 года назад +9

      Disgusting

  • @WandererOfWorlds0
    @WandererOfWorlds0 4 года назад +972

    Iran is one of the oldest "countries" in the world that has almost always kept its core and, mostly, its independence. Yes, the Empire was outright conquered a few times: Alexander the Great, mongols, but the occupation never lasted. You can trace 2500 years of history in this territory and most of it is uninterrupted.

    • @randimuhammadanshori6395
      @randimuhammadanshori6395 2 года назад +79

      Hmmm... But if you count the original Persians and Arab invaders as one entity then yes, but they aren't...

    • @allftw2677
      @allftw2677 2 года назад +1

      @@randimuhammadanshori6395 persians make up the vast majority of people living in Iran.

    • @hatmi6960
      @hatmi6960 2 года назад +229

      @@randimuhammadanshori6395 arabs left iran too ! unlike egyptians who becomes arabs. iranians saved their language and culture even after muslims attacked they just forced to become muslim but after afew years they make islam apart to shia and sunni! now iran is just shai country of the world!

    • @memezoffuckery3207
      @memezoffuckery3207 2 года назад +7

      No that’s Egypt and Iraq.

    • @Hypertank
      @Hypertank 2 года назад +39

      @@hatmi6960 lot of Turkish dynasties though

  • @TheologyChad22
    @TheologyChad22 4 года назад +4072

    British Empire, where the sun never sets.
    Iran: finds some shade

    • @migkillerphantom
      @migkillerphantom 4 года назад +145

      @Nub93 imagine the smell

    • @etherealhawk
      @etherealhawk 4 года назад +21

      If Iran did anything spooky they wouldn't have survived

    • @ariaspes3842
      @ariaspes3842 4 года назад +13

      @Nub93 More like kicked their bts out of Iran REAL quick hahahahhh

    • @vhandarsh51
      @vhandarsh51 4 года назад +11

      @@ariaspes3842 aww, the sanctions hath muddled thy brains.

    • @Oshin-en8nb
      @Oshin-en8nb 4 года назад +36

      @Nub93
      IRAN IS LION 👊 🐯

  • @dontspeaktoelectrohead1491
    @dontspeaktoelectrohead1491 4 года назад +2741

    Iran: *Plays Russia and Britain against each other*
    Britain after Russia fell: You sly dog, you got me monologuing

    • @thomascatty379
      @thomascatty379 4 года назад +42

      Don't Speak To Electrohead i like that reference

    • @rajansinghnandrha1837
      @rajansinghnandrha1837 4 года назад +5

      😂😂😂😂

    • @doodlegames512
      @doodlegames512 4 года назад +8

      Don't Speak To Electrohead and they still could not do anything

    • @doodlegames512
      @doodlegames512 4 года назад +7

      Rajan Singh Nandrha funny thing is Russia was closer them England will ever be England lost all its glory 😂😂😂

    • @fe3535
      @fe3535 4 года назад +4

      *Britain. England is a region of Britain*.

  • @stewiegriffy2928
    @stewiegriffy2928 4 года назад +3168

    Iran finds oil
    This enraged the British who punished them severely

    • @a.e.1965
      @a.e.1965 4 года назад +87

      and then poland was invaded XD

    • @nogisonoko5409
      @nogisonoko5409 4 года назад +119

      Iran: Dude, uncool

    • @jacobscarrottsnow2008
      @jacobscarrottsnow2008 4 года назад +131

      Usa: did somebody say oil?

    • @greasher926
      @greasher926 4 года назад +81

      Iran finds nuclear technologies
      This enrages the US who plan to punish them severely

    • @Valencetheshireman927
      @Valencetheshireman927 4 года назад +18

      It didn’t enrage the British because it meant there was more oil to go around .

  • @thegamerator10
    @thegamerator10 3 года назад +892

    Iran: "I have mastered the ability of standing so incredibly still, that I appear invisible to the naked eye."

  • @farazsm2013
    @farazsm2013 4 года назад +1502

    The Persian government was particularly insistent to include a clause in all treaties stating: "The other party shall recognize Persia's sovereignty and Persia's integrity" as a pre-condition to any agreement they committed to with them. You can literally see it in all agreements/treaties they signed throughout the 19th century with world powers namely Russia, Great Britain, France and Spain....

  • @strikeforce1500
    @strikeforce1500 4 года назад +3184

    So basically, he made the two bullies fight themselves. Nice tactic

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei 4 года назад +44

      They fought each other whether Iran existed or not.

    • @macaroon_nuggets8008
      @macaroon_nuggets8008 3 года назад +75

      @@scintillam_dei Fighting themselves nonetheless

    • @skykid
      @skykid 3 года назад +89

      they still took Persia's lunch money

    • @PrincessLockette
      @PrincessLockette 3 года назад +20

      Thailand did that too

    • @aoikemono6414
      @aoikemono6414 3 года назад +8

      And now is a bully itself, funding proxy wars and threatening nuclear holocaust. There is a saying. Those without sin, cast the first stone.

  • @Hilversumborn
    @Hilversumborn 4 года назад +627

    I didn't expect to learn the origins of BP.

    • @ToastieBRRRN
      @ToastieBRRRN 4 года назад +31

      funnily enough today marks the 119th anniversary of the D'Arcy Concession where the Shah sign away all of Iran's oil rights to Britain which paved the way for BP to be born.

    • @Slaktrax
      @Slaktrax 4 года назад +1

      I believe it was called the Burmah Oil Company originally.

    • @리주민
      @리주민 4 года назад +5

      @@josephpapilson7224 and shell is by its very name a shell company 😙

    • @maziar8913
      @maziar8913 4 года назад +2

      Used to be called BPP in Iran years ago (British Persian Petroleum)

    • @GGora
      @GGora 4 года назад +15

      Jeez. What do they teach you in western schools? Hear this: without oil of Persia, allies and Britain would have lost WW1. Entire British fleet was relying on it. Where’s the “ thank you persia” day in UKs calendar?

  • @cisium1184
    @cisium1184 3 года назад +843

    It should be noted that while Iran was playing Britain and Russia off each other, Britain and Russia were fully aware of this and more or less cool with it, as each realized that conquering Iran would trigger war with the other and each needed its military for other, more important places in the world.

    • @vicenteabalosdominguez5257
      @vicenteabalosdominguez5257 2 года назад +110

      Russia & GB: The funny thing is I know you are playing me, and it's working.

    • @pax6833
      @pax6833 2 года назад +23

      Both competed for Iran for awhile but eventually gave up as after the many disasters in afghanistan and as you said rising world tensions they decided it was too difficult to directly control these lands and doing so would mean war or at the least border skirmishes. So, buffer states.

    • @sillytorque
      @sillytorque 2 года назад

      @@quercus3290 yep, that worked out swell.....

    • @Tinil0
      @Tinil0 2 года назад +35

      It's important to realize in diplomacy that the other side is as canny as you. If they are agreeing to something, there is a reason for it. All 3 powers "playing" each other is just the normal state of...well, hostile diplomacy at least.

    • @mercenaryeyes
      @mercenaryeyes Год назад +8

      Thats a perfect answer!! Qajar dynasty overall is one of the worst rulers of iran, the only thing that kept persia still, was (Amir Kabir or Amir the great) which was the grand Vizier of Nasser Aldin Shah, Later assassinated by the order of British empire.

  • @cebonvieuxjack
    @cebonvieuxjack 4 года назад +3248

    Hate it or love it, but Iran did a pro gamer move right there. Everyone say gg Iran.
    Gg Iran.

    • @behzadghorbanny7657
      @behzadghorbanny7657 4 года назад +110

      Well thanks 😃, we were dealt bad hands too (Qajars). But we made it.

    • @mazy777
      @mazy777 4 года назад +6

      Factssssss like me in Gta 😂

    • @allansouri
      @allansouri 4 года назад +86

      gg iran

    • @umamary6640
      @umamary6640 4 года назад +64

      Gg Iran

    • @Highcrap
      @Highcrap 4 года назад +56

      GG Iran

  • @shudheshvelusamy7644
    @shudheshvelusamy7644 4 года назад +796

    I think Britain and France probably just missed a telegram..

    • @HowToKillAliens
      @HowToKillAliens 4 года назад +5

      France betrayed iran in its anti russian alliance

    • @orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332
      @orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332 4 года назад +27

      @@HowToKillAliens Didn't they literally supported it's independance when the UK tried to yoink it after WW1 as said in the video ?

    • @BobiR-bl9fc
      @BobiR-bl9fc 4 года назад +5

      Our country (Iran) has occupied by British Islamic Men, and they transfer all the oil & Gas money to British Banks or Canada Banks

    • @ariaspes3842
      @ariaspes3842 4 года назад +4

      @@BobiR-bl9fc Jot down this Hasbara troll's name, y'all military parents. He's an israeli collecting government benefits in US, and promoting Iran related conflicts; sending your kids to die, like trump talks about all the time. While millions struggling with illness and finances, he's spending taxpayers' money on hundreds of hours promoting a war with Iran !!!!! hheheehheehh

    • @ariaspes3842
      @ariaspes3842 4 года назад +3

      Barefoot indian trying to make a comment hahahahh

  • @nicorhodes837
    @nicorhodes837 4 года назад +477

    Persia: Well, a lot of our economy is under British control, but I'm sure it'll come to pass.
    Persian guy: Hey guys! We found some slick black stuff-
    Britain: *breaks through wall
    Britain: *S C R E E T C H I N G*

    • @nixonesport1998
      @nixonesport1998 4 года назад +8

      Persians didn't know what to do with it. Good on Britain

    • @CosmicCleric
      @CosmicCleric 4 года назад +2

      Weird of me I know, but when I read the breaking though wall part, I thought of the Kool-Aid Man.

    • @AHSANALI-tb3hs
      @AHSANALI-tb3hs 4 года назад +27

      Back then Britain was spreading democracy and freedom (slavery & colonialism) through out the world but later on US took the charge from UK and doing the same to this day.

    • @ariaspes3842
      @ariaspes3842 4 года назад +3

      @@nixonesport1998 They must've if they decided to kick out the english, you uneducated fool hahahh

    • @SportyMabamba
      @SportyMabamba 4 года назад +2

      We invade for Tea and spices only. But we will use economic measures to secure oil 🤣

  • @unitariansavage8513
    @unitariansavage8513 2 года назад +92

    It's also worth mentioning that during WW1 thanks to the Anglo-Russian occupation there was a bit of a famine that caused 2-10 million Iranians to no longer appear in any future censuses. It's barely ever talked about.

    • @guydreamr
      @guydreamr 11 месяцев назад +7

      Source?

    • @Rayitolaser569
      @Rayitolaser569 11 месяцев назад

      Wait what? Is this real?

    • @seyedsmousavi400
      @seyedsmousavi400 10 месяцев назад +2

      That's real. Half of Iran population I think we're starved to death by the colonisers

    • @guydreamr
      @guydreamr 10 месяцев назад +8

      @@seyedsmousavi400 With neither you nor OP providing a source to back up those claims.

    • @mrtesticles889
      @mrtesticles889 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@guydreamrit seems that 2 million is an accepted estimate for the death toll. 10 million is laughably wrong tho lol

  • @tjoconnell2524
    @tjoconnell2524 4 года назад +399

    Iran: What happened to our prime minister?
    The UK and the US: We deny everything!!!

    • @youssefkandeel3667
      @youssefkandeel3667 4 года назад +34

      They don't deny I think it's actually published by the CIA, which I don't know is better or worse

    • @specialunit0428
      @specialunit0428 4 года назад +28

      King to British Prime Minister: "Remember, deny deny deny."

    • @PersianHistorian
      @PersianHistorian 4 года назад +6

      Mossadegh was an anti Iranian. I made a documentary about him. Check it out on my chanel

    • @armanaryn8372
      @armanaryn8372 4 года назад +18

      @@PersianHistorian lies by the king that overthrew him

    • @pouyajabbari3912
      @pouyajabbari3912 4 года назад +11

      @@PersianHistorian Thanks for telling us just enough to save us from watching your BS garbage.

  • @dylancarroll4623
    @dylancarroll4623 4 года назад +351

    British:this is nice.
    Other country: yes it is ni...
    British: we own this.
    Other country: wait what?

    • @SportyMabamba
      @SportyMabamba 4 года назад +10

      In the words of Eddie Izzard: “Do you have a flag?”

    • @bensmith5288
      @bensmith5288 4 года назад +1

      So proud ;)

    • @ariaspes3842
      @ariaspes3842 4 года назад +3

      And still brexit refugees ahhahahahh

    • @macbrns1438
      @macbrns1438 4 года назад +2

      If they accept our compliment of calling the territory nice I’m 99% sure it means they accept annexation

    • @doodlegames512
      @doodlegames512 4 года назад +1

      Ben Smith proud of what you’re military running out of Iran 😂😂😂

  • @killert_7759
    @killert_7759 4 года назад +227

    Persia: “oh nice we found oil”
    Everyone else: “DiD sOmEbOdY sAy OiL?!?!?!?!”

  • @the_drifter5356
    @the_drifter5356 3 года назад +670

    I’m Iranian and I really like the way you show my country history before idiots destroying it, thank you❤️

    • @noblenormie1179
      @noblenormie1179 2 года назад +2

      that idiot was called reza shah

    • @rookflynn1541
      @rookflynn1541 2 года назад

      Who are the those idiots?just curious

    • @Pitcroww
      @Pitcroww 2 года назад +3

      @@noblenormie1179 the idiot was called imam khomeini

    • @Ninja40K
      @Ninja40K 2 года назад +56

      @@rookflynn1541 Khomeini and Muslims

    • @arad4619
      @arad4619 2 года назад +66

      @@Ninja40K wouldnt really say muslims
      but i agree with the other one

  • @franrobert80
    @franrobert80 4 года назад +1240

    Iran: finds oil
    Europeans: allow us to introduce ourselves

    • @quintustheophilus9550
      @quintustheophilus9550 4 года назад +69

      You forgot the US 😂

    • @rich_baconhd8602
      @rich_baconhd8602 4 года назад +18

      Literally only the US does that kind of stuff

    • @brandonlyon730
      @brandonlyon730 4 года назад +69

      @@rich_baconhd8602What about France’s interference in Libya’s Civil war, as well as Russia’s interference in Syria’s civil war?

    • @nunya5132
      @nunya5132 4 года назад +37

      @@rich_baconhd8602 Press X to doubt

    • @rich_baconhd8602
      @rich_baconhd8602 4 года назад +1

      Oh so the first one gets 3 likes and I get 2 comments from no lifers who got nothing to do except not get the joke? Nice.

  • @tomtomtrent
    @tomtomtrent 4 года назад +333

    Persia: “I’m playing both sides, so that I always come out on top.”

    • @a.e.1965
      @a.e.1965 4 года назад +1

      @David McConville ye it was worse than being colonized

    • @ariaspes3842
      @ariaspes3842 4 года назад +10

      @@a.e.1965 $7 trillion spent on this war, millions dead, no oil and trump says 1000s killed by Iranian forces. In other words, Iran chased US and NATO out of middle east to work at the food bank hahahahh hahahh

    • @slewone4905
      @slewone4905 4 года назад +5

      It's the norm for the country, for maybe over 2000 years. In the age of Antiquity, they were playing CHina against ROme. If you look at some maps. They bordered both empires.

    • @logroll2353
      @logroll2353 4 года назад +2

      Music Reviews
      You should ask your drug dealer for a refund

    • @doodlegames512
      @doodlegames512 4 года назад +1

      David McConville better than England stealing everything from them like India so it was a win for Iran

  • @ctcGamerz
    @ctcGamerz 4 года назад +1499

    No country fully conquered Iran
    Iran in 1979: Fine, I guess i’ll do it myself.

    • @timmccarthy872
      @timmccarthy872 4 года назад +134

      If you want something done right...

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 4 года назад +87

      @@timmccarthy872 ...You do it yourself!!

    • @adnanjusic4890
      @adnanjusic4890 4 года назад +73

      Iran get free in 1979 ;)

    • @alirezayousefi3687
      @alirezayousefi3687 4 года назад +123

      @@adnanjusic4890 im iranian and pls stfu iran just got occupied from1979 its basically a fearfull government made by west to take arabs juice in fear of an attack from iran

    • @Aester
      @Aester 4 года назад +51

      @@alirezayousefi3687 I will call oil Arab's juice from now on :)

  • @THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL
    @THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL 4 года назад +778

    Asia: *colonised by european powers*
    Iran: *eating popcorn*

    • @tawan36
      @tawan36 4 года назад +51

      Thailand joins iran

    • @skullking8195
      @skullking8195 4 года назад +28

      @@tawan36 they're both sitting on a balcony eating popcorn as millions of men killing eachother from the distance😆

    • @str2010
      @str2010 4 года назад +7

      @@skullking8195 the Thais helped the Japanese subjugate the rest of southeast Asia though

    • @lightningfletch5598
      @lightningfletch5598 4 года назад +9

      The UnknownSG True but Thailand didn’t really have a choice. It was either help Japan conquer Asia or be conquered by Japan and suffer horrific atrocities.

    • @Lemarocity
      @Lemarocity 4 года назад +13

      Afghanistan beat the british in 3 wars, never got conquered

  • @germandestroyzeppelin4432
    @germandestroyzeppelin4432 4 года назад +335

    Narrator: Britain made sure to thank Iran by giving up their influence in Iran.
    Me: wow for once the British gave up their greed and respected a country’s autonomy
    Narrator: just kidding
    Me: sighs 😑

    • @Zraknul
      @Zraknul 3 года назад +6

      Modern Iran is basically a reaction to the bullshit the UK (and US) pulled.

    • @Amen-Magi
      @Amen-Magi 2 года назад +2

      😂

    • @Dumebi7278
      @Dumebi7278 2 года назад +5

      I had the same reaction

    • @MrPeperidge
      @MrPeperidge 2 года назад +2

      Well Britain did do that with almost every ex-colony. Its literally a thing we did, was hand back sovereignty over time. Such as India, Hong Kong, Malta, South Africa. The rest of the world has an exceptionally poor understanding of how the British Empire came to a close.

    • @priyamtarafder8122
      @priyamtarafder8122 2 года назад

      @WillJay Yep Britain did, but not before drawing fucked up borders to ensure that those countries lived in constant state of turmoil.

  • @OurUniversalLaughter
    @OurUniversalLaughter 4 года назад +370

    Iran was basically very politically intelligent, as well as lucky due to their geographical location and the fact that they hit so much oil and wealth. I mean there's a reason why their one of the most ancient and to this day powerful and sovereign people/nation

    • @syed1431
      @syed1431 4 года назад +39

      The current govt is in a very sorry state. It lives under constant fear of foreign invasion and internal revolt.

    • @OverAndOver303
      @OverAndOver303 4 года назад +45

      @@syed1431 well its surely better than the Shahdom where the elite would fly to Paris for breakfast in the morning and bathe in milk in their palace in the afternoon.

    • @MarkSmith-vo1vn
      @MarkSmith-vo1vn 4 года назад +52

      dank preachy videos I know some Iranians, and they agree with Iran and its policy’s, but they wish economically they could do something, The nuclear deal happened and they were satisfied with Iran. Then the u.s pulled out and the radicals said “Look we told you so” and they started to win power. In Iraq the u.s killed 1 million people over a lie. This made Iran desire a nuke in the first place which is justifiable. On top of that Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons against Iran and the u.s did nothing and even aided Saddam Hussein so Iran knew it needed a nuke in order to prevent that from happening again. If the U.S won’t protect Iran even when their enemy is using illegal weapons then the Iranian feel a nuke will scare all of its enemies.

    • @shahsoftinc.2459
      @shahsoftinc.2459 4 года назад +4

      @@OverAndOver303 agreed bro

    • @shottex9801
      @shottex9801 4 года назад +11

      @Mark Smith Nice to see people that have actually read history

  • @berathajaya8020
    @berathajaya8020 3 года назад +51

    Britain: "Whatcha got there?"
    Random nation: "Something valuable."
    Britain: "Well yeah, that's mine now."

  • @rastas4766
    @rastas4766 4 года назад +26

    This guy always brilliantly and quickly explains great questions that nobody ever really asks but are always surprised at how much they actually want to know the answer.

  • @Sly88Frye
    @Sly88Frye 4 года назад +308

    That actually does sound like the perfectly smart move by Persia to allow themselves to hold on to their territory by not really taking sides and just letting Russia and the British duke it out.

    • @adamdesouza6153
      @adamdesouza6153 4 года назад +12

      Well if Britain and Russia ever did “duke it out” then Iran would be one of the battlefields just like Benelux was in the 1940s

    • @a.e.1965
      @a.e.1965 4 года назад +2

      srsly it wasnt out of smartness at the time iranian monarchs were just head first into their harems. it was more because of both countries influence in the court

    • @ariaspes3842
      @ariaspes3842 4 года назад

      @@a.e.1965 Iran would berrrrrrn you just like it happened last month hahahahhh

    • @a.e.1965
      @a.e.1965 4 года назад +1

      @@ariaspes3842 last month? what happened last month? also my comment wasnt a hate comment. i am iranian myself and know from our history that the 3 dynasties of Afshar, Zand and Qajar are KINDA (just kinda and if u exclude some certain parts) equal of European dark ages

    • @paki_baloch
      @paki_baloch 2 года назад +1

      @@a.e.1965 but weren't the afshars under nadershah rich after the raided the Mughals the citizens of Iran at that time didn't have to pay tax for 4 years. Well of course nadershahs empires power was short lived and later on become nothing but a weak kingdom

  • @ModernBattleClips
    @ModernBattleClips 4 года назад +629

    No one:
    History Matters:
    Why didn't Tibet colonize Europe?

    • @antoniocamacho4412
      @antoniocamacho4412 4 года назад +41

      Wouldn't be surprised if he makes a video about that

    • @thehoosher9322
      @thehoosher9322 4 года назад +55

      Why didnt Krygystan invade china?

    • @slewone4905
      @slewone4905 4 года назад +31

      @@thehoosher9322 they did. That's why it exist. The people were Turkish, and are native to Mongolia and Siberia. The area they live in may have been under control of CHina, but probably as a tribute state. The actual inhabitants were probably Persian people and the Turks and MOngols would often conquer and retreat. Hard to keep track , because most people don't care about that region. CHina probably sponsored one of the people to take over the region, because it's strategically important, but didn't want to truly colonize it, because it's too far away. and since they are turks, one of the mongol or Turkish leader would of asked them to help invade CHina. Mongols/Turks, are like Germans to the Romans. CHina would hire them to fight for them, but they would then betray and aid to invading CHina.

    • @slewone4905
      @slewone4905 4 года назад +16

      Honest answer, Tibetans may be disadvantage in Most European climates. Their blood contains genetic material form a long dead hominid. This allow them to survive in high altitude. The reason why this gene did not spread, maybe because it might be an actual disadvantage in lower elevation. Tibetans are known to be great warriors, despite how some depict them. There horses are actually considered to be one of the best. China insist to use them for war and trade arrangement were made for their horses. CHinese can't breed them, because what makes them superior is their stamina, because being raised in high altitude, gives them a high Oxygen carrying capacity. Tibet may not be able to conquer to far from their land, because what makes them and their horses superior warriors will fade away when they start breeding in lower altitudes. Many renown warriors come from mountainous regions, but they don't tend to create huge empires. Examples are Highlanders from Scotland, Ghurkas from Nepal, Armenians, who the Romans love to hire.

    • @theemirofjaffa2266
      @theemirofjaffa2266 4 года назад +1

      @AsiA I. WHAT?? 😮😮

  • @drpk6514
    @drpk6514 3 года назад +49

    Britain's tactic: *Divide and Conquer*
    Iran's tactic: *Let them fight over me*
    Iranians were the only ones oversmarted the British in politics.

    • @sinavali7729
      @sinavali7729 3 года назад +5

      its more than that iran fight off portuguese in persian golf with the help of england .. then contacting france(napoleon) to decrease british influence then call britain to gain some chances against ottoman empire then contact italy for buying war ships

  • @aligatork
    @aligatork 4 года назад +314

    Iranians were the only ones, who few times beat romans and even once captured a roman king, Valerian was captured and later killed by Persians! Iranians were the ones, who build the first empire of the history...even they started weakning after 15-16th century, but the country's population always were strongly patriotic and resisted foreign invasion, which made it very hard to conquer it over a longer periode

    • @charlessnachez4248
      @charlessnachez4248 4 года назад +26

      In fact many nations defeated the romans

    • @sebastianpye9328
      @sebastianpye9328 4 года назад +54

      @@charlessnachez4248 but i dont think any other nation managed to kill 3 roman emperors, julian, crassus and valens.

    • @Slenderpoulpe
      @Slenderpoulpe 4 года назад +41

      Actually the first empire ever created was rhe akkadian empire in mesopotamia (current irak), however the persian nation has always been remarcably strong throughout all history

    • @ro-han4738
      @ro-han4738 4 года назад +14

      Iran is truly amusing

    • @surenhoss
      @surenhoss 4 года назад +48

      "Few times" is false......the only rival for Romans were the Persians, no other power fought and won as many wars as Persians against the Romans. As a matter of fact, the eventual Romans demise was due to their protracted wars against the Persians that overall had no victor (stalemate) and only weakened both sides and allowed smaller players to challenge both nations at the end.

  • @1.99happymealwithfries7
    @1.99happymealwithfries7 4 года назад +112

    *Iran tries to remain Independent*
    USSR and Britain in WWII:
    *I N V A D I N G N O I S E S*

    • @thehoosher9322
      @thehoosher9322 4 года назад +1

      *Opening supplie routes noises*

    • @BossVolt
      @BossVolt 4 года назад +1

      Iran: Why do I hear boss music?

    • @ariaspes3842
      @ariaspes3842 4 года назад +2

      @
      1.99 Happy Meal With Fries
      Everybody and their uncle has a story about invading Iran, because Iran has never ever been invaded, and in fact just kicked US and NATO out of middle east to work at food banks hahahahh hahahahahhh

    • @Pesar2938
      @Pesar2938 4 года назад

      @@ariaspes3842
      It kicked out Nato by supporting terrorists

    • @kivanhaji3003
      @kivanhaji3003 4 года назад +1

      Use and NATO and ussr supported Saddam in Iraq Iran war and MEK terrorist group. ..

  • @KTA1sVidsandFacts
    @KTA1sVidsandFacts 4 года назад +26

    You guys should do more videos on Iran and ancient Persia.
    Not enough RUclips channels do.

  • @armanghasabian4657
    @armanghasabian4657 4 года назад +95

    im from Iran
    and its really cool to see this story from another perspective : D

    • @newton4958
      @newton4958 3 года назад +6

      I am also iranian سلام

    • @behradmontazer758
      @behradmontazer758 3 года назад +5

      Hello there fellow persians
      چطوری هستید؟

    • @carlrevans
      @carlrevans 3 года назад +2

      I find myself curious what the Iranian perception of these events generally is. I can imagine not a big fan of the UK's history of showing up and doing whatever the Hell they wanted or Russia using the area as a highway southward.

    • @мувн-ш4ы
      @мувн-ш4ы 3 года назад +2

      @@carlrevans Anglo-Soviet invaded Iran during WW2 so this video doesn't make any sense. Iran WAS colonised. For a short period of time, sure, but definitely colonised.

    • @Amen-Magi
      @Amen-Magi 2 года назад

      @@мувн-ш4ы they only get some iranian citys most of iran is free.and
      President of the United States was in Tehran.if they try Colonize iran us kick both of them ass like after ww1 british stop colonize iran bcs of us

  • @invictam8384
    @invictam8384 4 года назад +19

    I love how engaging these videos are. Like, I can’t be the only one who sees something I never thought about in my life, got interested, and watched the entire thing? And the way you set your videos up, they’re simple, but great, and they make for a very entertaining channel. Much love man 💜

  • @tawan36
    @tawan36 4 года назад +201

    Persia: played brittish against russia
    Siam: played france against brittish
    Cheers Iran. I Couldnt immagine how different our countries would’ve been if we were colonized 😂 🇹🇭🇮🇷

    • @syed1431
      @syed1431 4 года назад +21

      @@anarchythefox how blind do you have to be think that lol.

    • @OverAndOver303
      @OverAndOver303 4 года назад +7

      @@anarchythefox one word: India

    • @tawan36
      @tawan36 4 года назад +14

      Anarchy The Fox
      Look at India and the Philippines for example besides singapore not a single colonized country is a first world country haha

    • @tawan36
      @tawan36 4 года назад +9

      Anarchy The Fox
      Exactly europe took many things from other continent even some ethnicities went extinct. They colonized to suck thr natural resources and enslaved the natives. And now europe is rich af while most countries today are suffering!

    • @fash6353
      @fash6353 4 года назад +3

      Anarchy The Fox europe is rich bc it colonizing countries in it which stole and stepped on others to grow.sounds pathetic and worthless and as all can see def declining at this point

  • @nb2008nc
    @nb2008nc 4 года назад +133

    The last time I was this early, Iran still had the Shah.

    • @simorq6685
      @simorq6685 4 года назад +2

      @Parsa Azimi how old are you ?

    • @simorq6685
      @simorq6685 4 года назад +1

      @Parsa Azimi عزیزم صبور باش فقط همین !! نه ۱۰ سال ۲۰ سال فقط امسال رو صبر کن

    • @mehrdad5767
      @mehrdad5767 4 года назад

      @@simorq6685 باشه

    • @yeganeespahbod7944
      @yeganeespahbod7944 4 года назад +2

      @@simorq6685 اگر اقایون بالا اینقدر اختلاس نمیکردن و با قوانین مسخره رو مخ مردم نمیرفتن ایران جای خوبی میتونست باشه حتی با وجود تحریم ها. خیر سرمون رو پول زندگی میکنیم

    • @clashplayer9785
      @clashplayer9785 4 года назад +2

      ای کاش کورش کبیر الان شاه بود

  • @xDiranx
    @xDiranx 3 года назад +3

    love how succinctly you summarize things

  • @thortheswagger7337
    @thortheswagger7337 4 года назад +6

    Just pointing out that I really like those post-credits clips, Keep up the good work!

  • @andrewklang809
    @andrewklang809 4 года назад +45

    Same playbook as Thailand/Siam. Sometimes it's better to have two threats against you than to have only one.

    • @samarkand1585
      @samarkand1585 4 года назад +36

      Except when you're Poland

    • @SportyMabamba
      @SportyMabamba 4 года назад +9

      TOME Julien yeah the trick is make sure the two sides against you are also against each other :(

    • @andrewklang809
      @andrewklang809 4 года назад

      @@samarkand1585 Ouch! Yes. Only sometimes.

    • @ppaaccoojrf
      @ppaaccoojrf 4 года назад +10

      Only works if you have a hard terrain to fight in.
      The mountains of Afghanistan and Iran and the jungles of Thailand make it pretty much impossible to conquer if the local population allies with the opposing power, so forcing an invasion would just push the country into your rival's sphere of influence.
      Poland sits on the North European Plain, if Germans and Russians wanna fight each other they absolutely will do so on top of Polish land.

    • @zhcultivator
      @zhcultivator 4 года назад +1

      @@samarkand1585 or if you're Korea

  • @robtoe10
    @robtoe10 4 года назад +67

    One of the reasons why Britain wanted Iranian oil so badly was because the USA and USSR both had oilfields in their core territory. Oil=money=power

    • @hevnervals
      @hevnervals Год назад +1

      USSR oil was largely extracted by territories they took from Persia, modern Azerbaijan.

    • @jeffbenton6183
      @jeffbenton6183 Год назад

      ​@hevnervals Was the USSR exploiting oil reserves in Siberia at that time? My understanding is that they were discovered in the 60s, and account for the majority of Russia's production today (and Russia produces far more petrol today than Azerbaijan- though of course, that was an important source for the USSR)

    • @ciaranReal
      @ciaranReal 8 месяцев назад

      Britain already owned enugh oil lands.( UAE, KUWAIT ECT)

  • @behnamanisi1
    @behnamanisi1 Год назад +2

    Hey man, you just got yourself a new subscriber because your channel and this video is amazing. Keep up

  • @Vaultboy-ke2jj
    @Vaultboy-ke2jj 4 года назад +87

    1:55 western parts of the state

    • @plibpck
      @plibpck 4 года назад +2

      thank you

    • @houssamassila6274
      @houssamassila6274 4 года назад

      good catch... he's not the only one confusing them from time to time, I bet he's left handed

    • @applesaucedog2642
      @applesaucedog2642 4 года назад +1

      Well it’s eastern from ottoman perspective.

    • @bencebaracsi883
      @bencebaracsi883 4 года назад

      @@houssamassila6274 How is being a southpaw connected to knowing the four quarters? Hand coordination has nothing to do with reading maps..

    • @gamebawesome
      @gamebawesome 4 года назад

      From a certain point of view

  • @TreeBarkSide
    @TreeBarkSide 4 года назад +70

    WE NEED A JAMES BIZANET VIDEO!!!

    • @scarletcrusade77
      @scarletcrusade77 4 года назад +11

      Will he thank James Bizanet at the end for funding a James Bizanet video?

    • @D00MMAST3R
      @D00MMAST3R 4 года назад +7

      Video title: Why did James Bizanet fund History Matters?

    • @appleslover
      @appleslover 4 года назад +2

      I hope History Matters reads this comment(s)

    • @theemirofjaffa2266
      @theemirofjaffa2266 4 года назад +2

      I'd like to get to know this James Bizanet. He seems like some very important guy.

  • @cursedex3755
    @cursedex3755 4 года назад +49

    Why is it that History Matters always ask questions which i wouldnt normally think about and makes me curious about it no matter how strange?

    • @alirazi9198
      @alirazi9198 4 года назад +3

      Its called good delivery but it is so weird that Europeans and Americans tend to ignore the history of Iran

  • @chakavak2015
    @chakavak2015 Год назад +9

    Well even if iran was not officially colonized, Iranians have been sabotaged, massacred and rubbed for about two centuries by British and Russian empire.
    In one episode of history, millions have been died as a result of famine during world war occupation because the Brits were taking the grains to feed the occupying troops and the war front.

    • @gltme2403
      @gltme2403 Год назад +1

      Yes that’s true, I’m impressed that someone knows this while others are complaining about how regime is now, comparing it to that time we didn’t have any rights in our own homeland, inflation exists in everywhere and people need to understand that complaining only takes your energy and builds up a hatred for no reason, it’s better to save our energy and peaceful mind and do something useful

  • @zfr9610
    @zfr9610 4 года назад +73

    The British Empire killed 10 million Iranians in World War I over food (caused famine) Iranians never forget

    • @stfu677
      @stfu677 4 года назад

      *World War l

    • @SRL8723
      @SRL8723 4 года назад +7

      I'm Iranian and no way will I ever forget!!!

    • @eiliakashkoli2348
      @eiliakashkoli2348 4 года назад

      @@SRL8723
      Hatam Bayed ye Irani bazi dar biari?

    • @eiliakashkoli2348
      @eiliakashkoli2348 4 года назад

      @@SRL8723
      Charta mesle toro dashtim ke gerftar shodim

    • @---zx9zf
      @---zx9zf 4 года назад +8

      My family told me stories of this and how my grandpa's family almost starved away at that time. After that I searched it up and it's disgusting how I never heard about it before and no one cares about these 8 million dead civilians who died during WW1 in Iran mainly because of the British.

  • @theemirofjaffa2266
    @theemirofjaffa2266 4 года назад +331

    Iran, kicking ass from ancient classical times to the present day

    • @yourmajesty1361
      @yourmajesty1361 4 года назад +70

      Qajar Persia did many things but certainly not 'kicking ass' lol

    • @AftermathRV
      @AftermathRV 4 года назад +4

      @@yourmajesty1361 Yes, yes they did. Have you ever heard of Timmur, the timmurids and the mughal empire? just because they eventually split with ajam and then persia, doesnt mean they werent kicking ass.

    • @imanfateh3261
      @imanfateh3261 4 года назад +14

      if you call getting bullied by US kicking ass, sure

    • @howardthealien2606
      @howardthealien2606 4 года назад

      Rezâ Šâh Pahlavi yes they did both the Mongols and the Romans tried to invade the Persians lacked Modern Equipment at the time and they defeated both with their tactics and strategies

    • @shetos1233
      @shetos1233 4 года назад +1

      @@imanfateh3261
      Bro ,Iran got their Army / allied militias in Damascus Syria's capital ,Sanaa Yemen's capital , Beirut Lebanon's capital and Baghdad Iraq's capital who Iran use to attack US troops without having to answer for it I am not saying they rule those countries but surely the got huge influence in them and I don't even like Iran's rulers , Iran is not match for US one on one obviously but that doesn't change the fact that they're a huge power in the region

  • @nimazohhadi8030
    @nimazohhadi8030 4 года назад +77

    For your less educated viewers: occupation is different than colonisation. Iran was never COLONISED.

    • @ChrisJohannsen
      @ChrisJohannsen 2 года назад +3

      Just hijacked by its own zealots who ruined it themselves

    • @moussanoir2807
      @moussanoir2807 2 года назад

      @@ChrisJohannsen
      Well, there is always creation and destruction. Long term will speak better. It already does.

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn 2 года назад +5

      @@ChrisJohannsen The Shah of Iran, who those 'zealots' deposed, wasn't great either. That's why he was deposed. Just cos the west likes someone doesn't mean they were any good for their own people.

    • @FirstnameLastname-jd4uq
      @FirstnameLastname-jd4uq Год назад

      Because the vikings were powerful(i think) and maybe cause the population there was very little making it easy for denmark to colonize/conquer

  • @keno1069
    @keno1069 Год назад +1

    Very informative. Thanks for posting.

  • @cannonball666
    @cannonball666 4 года назад +49

    British ambassador: "We'll trade you protections for Persian rugs"
    Persian ambassador: "We don't make wigs for nobody"

  • @NoNameAtAll2
    @NoNameAtAll2 4 года назад +430

    "Iran was never conquered even briefly"
    _1941 UK-USSR flashbacks_

    • @visigoth3696
      @visigoth3696 4 года назад +28

      It doesn’t count so this is invalid

    • @cv4809
      @cv4809 4 года назад +63

      Iran has been conquered and invaded a lot of times though
      Macedonians, Romans, Arabs, Mongols, Turks...

    • @prs_81
      @prs_81 4 года назад +35

      @@cv4809 romans and turks didn't but the rest are correct.

    • @ppaaccoojrf
      @ppaaccoojrf 4 года назад +52

      @@prs_81 It was conquered by several Turkic dynasties over its history.

    • @adoust3921
      @adoust3921 4 года назад +15

      @@ppaaccoojrf but always came back

  • @preetibishnoi6238
    @preetibishnoi6238 4 года назад +101

    Actually my uncle came quite close to leading a military campaign against them. Something about getting murdered by his best friends on the ides of march.

    • @saahiliyer11
      @saahiliyer11 4 года назад +18

      It was your great-uncle. But since he adopted you, he’s technically your dad.

    • @utku1441
      @utku1441 4 года назад +2

      I guess you mean my Father.

    • @thedarksword3495
      @thedarksword3495 4 года назад +13

      The Parthians shall be romanized!

    • @preetibishnoi6238
      @preetibishnoi6238 4 года назад

      @kurt danzing i cannot recall any roman emperors who were executed let alone captured by the parthians. Crassus was powerful but no king.

    • @samdar2254
      @samdar2254 4 года назад +1

      @@preetibishnoi6238
      You must be forgetting valerian

  • @shadownight9956
    @shadownight9956 3 года назад +10

    Fun fact: Qajar was the worst monarch dynasty in Iran history and they pulled this off

    • @moneymaker2024
      @moneymaker2024 3 года назад

      Qajar and Zand ?

    • @shadownight9956
      @shadownight9956 3 года назад +1

      @@moneymaker2024 there was some hope for zand but nope qajar revolted and took control

    • @hz3068
      @hz3068 3 года назад

      @@moneymaker2024 Qajar was way worse than zand

  • @chuimyko3087
    @chuimyko3087 4 года назад +22

    i saw your reason for no longer producing the "ten minute history" videos and i understand but each video leaves me wanting more and i rlly wish you were in a position to keep making them

  • @DaCoil-di8pn
    @DaCoil-di8pn 4 года назад +108

    Here is an Iranian take! have a look at the topographical map of Iran. Soon you’ll realise that a ground invasion by any modern army is virtually impossible.

    • @yourmajesty1361
      @yourmajesty1361 4 года назад +21

      Bullshit. Afghanistan is even more mountainous than Iran, and they were easily invaded by the USA and a new governments was installed. What are you talking about.

    • @DaCoil-di8pn
      @DaCoil-di8pn 4 года назад +38

      Rezâ Šâh Pahlavi
      Did you see a ground invasion? US bombed from above, and the mountains absorbed it like firecrackers. I never said they cannot invade. Just not a ground invasion which is necessary for long-term occupation and eventual colonisation.
      And Afghanistan was never fully colonised even by the British because of this very reason. The Brits fought 3 major wars in Afghanistan and finally left in 1919. Today, US having not learnt from history is pulling out with their tails between their legs too. Afghanistan is not the flatland of Iraq, nor the British India, neither is Iran which incidentally can put up a much stronger fight than any of the countries mentioned and has a viable air defence to control its sky.

    • @DaCoil-di8pn
      @DaCoil-di8pn 4 года назад +5

      Rezâ Šâh Pahlavi
      What does colonisation mean? Its not just dominating a nation and imposing your authority over them, that is called occupation. There needs to be a migration of settlers other than the indigenous people so to gradually impose ones religion, cultural policies and economics. Colonisers restrict the occupied countries from trading with any other country other than their mother country. This is not even the case with Iraq today mainly because of Iran.

    • @behnamsepand78
      @behnamsepand78 4 года назад +1

      @@yourmajesty1361 او از حمله زمینی میگوید ودرست هم میگوید.

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei 4 года назад +1

      I conquered Iran yesterday night with Arabia. Got dem Mamlukes all up in your crib. Check out my realistic Eurasia map where Iran is great. I love Qeshm. It was Spanish property once, so my people have something to do with Iran.

  • @valta5063
    @valta5063 4 года назад +32

    I’d be interested if you do a video on Siam/Thailand and how they survived imperialism

    • @Nyrocc
      @Nyrocc 4 года назад +9

      France and GB kept it as a buffer state between their colonies.

    • @ppaaccoojrf
      @ppaaccoojrf 4 года назад +6

      It's basically the same story as Iran, just replace Russia with France.

    • @GraysonMejia
      @GraysonMejia 3 года назад

      @@ppaaccoojrf coincidentally, russia and france were allies.

  • @ZombieMurdoc
    @ZombieMurdoc Год назад

    I feel like I've seen so many of your videos that I could accurately guess when you posted them based on the reading of patron names at the end

  • @ajnova9971
    @ajnova9971 4 года назад +38

    Upstart Britain and Russia were outplayed by the oldest nation in the world ! This video made me a patron! Great job !

    • @SRDuly2010
      @SRDuly2010 3 года назад +1

      Japan has entered the chat

    • @boulderfrogboulderfrog6512
      @boulderfrogboulderfrog6512 2 года назад

      I mean I think China probably gets that title but funny meme

    • @AJAYSINGH-ns1vv
      @AJAYSINGH-ns1vv 2 года назад

      Not oldest I think but it is old.

    • @shaznd301
      @shaznd301 Год назад

      @@boulderfrogboulderfrog6512 not oldest civilization but the one which introduced the concept of a country as a political unit like we know today.

  • @abdullahelgammal6196
    @abdullahelgammal6196 4 года назад +16

    *I have mastered the art of standing so still that I have become invisible to the human eye*

  • @MatheusLB2009
    @MatheusLB2009 4 года назад +4

    I like how this channel answers questions i never thought of and that i am genuinely interested in

  • @navidjoon1
    @navidjoon1 Год назад +133

    As a Persian, who actually read an entire book only yesterday about this very subject, I need to add, that although the information in this video is true, in a nutshell, lots has not being said. For example that the English invaded the southern part of Iran with their navy on several occasions, each time thinking, that would not face any resistance. They could not be any more wrong, as the Iranian civilians, lead by many battle hardened, fighters, who could not be bribed or bought off, despite many English attempts, fought back massively and defeated the English at their own game. The English than decided to use the tactic of burnt earth, by which they would destroy every house, every tree and burn off all land, so that the population would starve to death and therefore surrender.
    The saddest part of this entire invasion is, that Iran was a neutral country during the WWI and wanted to have nothing to do with the entire war going on, yet over 10 million, yes, that’s 10 MILLION Iranian have died due to this massive starvation, which lastet 2 years. That’s half of Iran’s population back then. 10 million ppl have died, because they were not willing to comply with English and their policies….
    England has still not apologised for that massacre and claim, that “only” 2 million have died anyway!!
    Iran has never been colonised, because their ppl were ready to scarify their lives for their freedom and the future of their children. This is probably also the reason why, Iran has been listed as the oldest country on the planet in existence. Surpassing India, China, Greece and even Egypt.
    Long live the eternal Iran 🇮🇷

    • @axpowrt3456
      @axpowrt3456 Год назад +9

      God save the iran

    • @zeewtube01
      @zeewtube01 Год назад +10

      Thank you for this accurate comment.

    • @peymanrstg3261
      @peymanrstg3261 Год назад +3

      درود به شرفت متنتو خوندم عالی بود عزیز دل موفق باشی ❤❤❤❤long live Iran

    • @makinbalan
      @makinbalan Год назад +7

      Well said and absolutely right. these videos never mention the atrocities that west has done, and is still doing to this very day.

    • @JamesSmith-ix5jd
      @JamesSmith-ix5jd Год назад

      And now they wonder why Iran is so hostile...

  • @parysatissh6978
    @parysatissh6978 4 года назад +32

    Our beautiful country and people must be respected!🇮🇷💓 the world is NOT fair with us!
    Peace and love from Iran/persia!🕊

    • @بێزۆرگتێربۊرگێر
      @بێزۆرگتێربۊرگێر 4 года назад +16

      I bet your country and people are beautiful. It's a shame your radical Islamist government is holding you back.

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian 3 года назад +9

      @@بێزۆرگتێربۊرگێر lmao no. That Islamic government is the only thing that gave Iran independence.

    • @بێزۆرگتێربۊرگێر
      @بێزۆرگتێربۊرگێر 3 года назад +1

      @@saeedvazirian Look at what Iran was like some decades ago and how today women go to prison for not wearing a hijāb.

    • @noneed4sleep64
      @noneed4sleep64 Год назад

      @@saeedvazirianand now it murders protestors in the street. But hey, at least the big bad westerners aren’t allowed in anymore, right?

    • @babakkhoramdin4111
      @babakkhoramdin4111 Год назад

      👍🏼🫡💚

  • @WG55
    @WG55 4 года назад +47

    1:06 "Surviving!" Unofficial Persian national anthem, Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive."

  • @harryholden795
    @harryholden795 4 года назад +4

    Your videos are always so concise yet informative. Great stuff

  • @basiraeslamiyeh6929
    @basiraeslamiyeh6929 4 года назад +7

    I'm coming from north of Iran and heard from my father that in time of my great grand father villagers kidnapped russians who marched in the streets and threw them in fire that heated hamams and the generals noticed the number of troops go down and couldnt find a trace.

    • @payamabbasi3555
      @payamabbasi3555 4 года назад +6

      My grandparents are from Azerbaijan region, while men were at battlefields, women in tabriz used to pour boiling water on Russian soldiers roaming the streets from the roof tops

  • @Kibbe_Surdo
    @Kibbe_Surdo Год назад

    Your channel is a gem ! MOOOOAAARR!

  • @aleksandarvil5718
    @aleksandarvil5718 4 года назад +30

    Siam, (most of) Quing China, Afghanistan, Korea, Japan, Ottoman Turkey:
    *"Allow Us To Introduce OURSELVES!"*

    • @biliminsrlar5752
      @biliminsrlar5752 4 года назад +28

      Korea got colonized by Japan but yeah they escaped from Europe.

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 4 года назад +6

      To be fair in China's case while most of it was left uncolonized it was essentially a multi-national colony in most other respects.

    • @ProjectEkerTest33
      @ProjectEkerTest33 4 года назад +2

      Afghanistan did get colonised by the Britain and Russia didn't they?

    • @aleksandarvil5718
      @aleksandarvil5718 4 года назад +2

      @@ProjectEkerTest33 No, It Isn't

    • @gideonmele1556
      @gideonmele1556 4 года назад +6

      Ottomans were primarily an asian empire (though a very unique case which doesn’t fit nicely into european or asian power), Qing were quelled in the Hundred Years of Humiliation (Opium wars, Boxer rebellion, etc.), Afghanistan were even less independent than Iran as playing pieces in the Great Game, Korea got Japaned. Japan and Siam were really the only independent ones

  • @ciaronsmith4995
    @ciaronsmith4995 4 года назад +4

    Because Iranians/Persians are impressively smart, and more advanced than most of Europe.
    People forget Iran's history. They pioneered, more than any Asian and most European countries, math science, philosophy and architecture we all use today. Even the Taj Mahal was designed my an Iranian/Persian for Mughals.

  • @wally2gen
    @wally2gen 4 года назад +13

    I like how Iran being so comfortable with foreign nations having influence in their control was actually the reason it was never conquered

    • @omidm.935
      @omidm.935 3 года назад

      Iran was ruled by outside rulers by hundereds of years, they could bide their time

  • @asafaie217
    @asafaie217 Год назад +4

    Something not mentioned is that the Persian people had/have a unique sense of patriotism rarely found in many newly formed countries. Iran/Persia is one of the very few countries in the world that has existed as a nation unlike many other countries that were either a culmination of a bunch if tribes coming together or literally drawn up by other imperial powers. So to compare Iran to any other country in the ME or even greater Asia is comparing apples and oranges in the sense that they don't share the same history.

  • @brycelandon6387
    @brycelandon6387 4 года назад +14

    I hope you'll do a video on the Congo Crisis of 1960-65, or maybe a video about why Congo changed its name to Zaire and then back to Congo.

  • @owensfilms1809
    @owensfilms1809 4 года назад +64

    I was waiting for the WW2 occupation to come up, then I got right to the end of the video...

    • @ploegdbq
      @ploegdbq 4 года назад +7

      Indeed, they were never colonized but they did have persistent house guests for awhile.

    • @eri.ssddseff
      @eri.ssddseff 4 года назад +1

      well cause that was an occupation... not something formal

    • @ultraishere8128
      @ultraishere8128 4 года назад +2

      But it was technically conquered if that's the case. And while it was informal it was still under joint occupation.

    • @ariaspes3842
      @ariaspes3842 4 года назад +1

      @@ploegdbq 23 days and kick those uninvited pedos out like retard fools hahahah

    • @ariaspes3842
      @ariaspes3842 4 года назад +2

      @@ultraishere8128 It was not an occupation, it was a 23 day battle and both Russia and England were chased out, unless you wana go with the Wikipedia delusions hahahh

  • @greggfiller1
    @greggfiller1 4 года назад +5

    Love the cameo by Gandhi at the end.

  • @mohammadkatibeh2407
    @mohammadkatibeh2407 Год назад +2

    More videos about Iran and Persian empire please.

  • @sinaabedini7487
    @sinaabedini7487 4 года назад +7

    Great video. historically accurate. but there is a spelling mistake in the iranian palace frame 0:50. the country's name in persian lacks the first letter; so it just says یران instead of ایران

  • @jeffsanders1609
    @jeffsanders1609 4 года назад +18

    Can you do why Denmark had colonies despite not being a major naval power?
    I kind of want to know the history of the Danish West Indies and Greenland

    • @FirstnameLastname-jd4uq
      @FirstnameLastname-jd4uq Год назад

      RUclips DELETED MY COMMENT
      AM I NOT ALLOWED TO STATE MY OPINION ANYMORE

    • @jeffsanders1609
      @jeffsanders1609 Год назад

      @@FirstnameLastname-jd4uq bro I, a you tube comentor, can not delete comments. If anyone did it was the owener of the video or you tube itself

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat Год назад

      Dutch East India Company had a monopoly on Asian trade during it's early years for 20 years, giving it immense power and wealth. This allowed it to basically function as it's own proto-government, commanding hundreds of ships with thousands of paid mercenaries, allowing it to explore, conquer and indenture the population. Then the British arrived with large navy and professional soldiery to take over.

  • @astraldrifter
    @astraldrifter 4 года назад +18

    Also Iran was more centralized with a strong history and culture. You can never subdue a people who do not see themselves as inferior.

  • @DominicPaz
    @DominicPaz 4 года назад +13

    "To thank Persia for its sacrifice and hard work, it made sure that, as a result, it would be left independent forever more .... Just kidding"
    This guy is hilarious. That had me rolling.

  • @biliminsrlar5752
    @biliminsrlar5752 4 года назад +12

    I'm guessing it was to make a buffer state between British Raj and Russia.

  • @starkillerdude1914
    @starkillerdude1914 4 года назад +18

    Iran: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that

  • @Digimonisbetterthanpokemon
    @Digimonisbetterthanpokemon 4 года назад +11

    Thailand and Iran were good at playing Europeans against each other to stay independent.

  • @Amen-Magi
    @Amen-Magi 2 года назад +2

    The Portuguese also occupied the island of Hormuz in southern Iran, but Iranian ships fired cannons at night at them and drove them out.
    One of the reasons Iran was not conquered was that they were one of the Gunpowder Empires.China was not completely conquered for this reason.

  • @youngking2503
    @youngking2503 4 года назад +4

    It'd be cool if you guys could do a video on how the Haudenosaunee were able to expand their territory during the Beaver Wars so rapidly

  • @apalahartisebuahnama7684
    @apalahartisebuahnama7684 4 года назад +11

    How to avoid colonization :
    1) modernized and becoming colonial power yourself
    2) play all of contestants against each other

    • @apalahartisebuahnama7684
      @apalahartisebuahnama7684 4 года назад +2

      @Caner Birgül but they managed to avoid colonization anyway even though they became the losers, Turkey is independent republic while Japan also independent but with US meddling their constitution about defence force.

    • @GamersUniverseOE
      @GamersUniverseOE 4 года назад +2

      @Caner Birgül Actually Ottoman one can be considered as successful. If there was Ottomans in Central Powers or even if there was an "1877-78 Russo-Turkish War" it was due to the competence of Ottoman diplomacy, yet it was not successful enough to survive completely like Iran or Siam. Unfortunately I don't know Japanese history enough to talk about it.

  • @akipak4443
    @akipak4443 3 года назад +4

    if the people still think about this title, just remember Iran is home to one of historically major civilizations and urban settlements dating back to just about 7000BC
    so it wasn't easy opportunity to colonized it

  • @Mahdi-pe5us
    @Mahdi-pe5us Год назад

    Thanks for this video♥️♥️🙏

  • @timothyhiggins8934
    @timothyhiggins8934 4 года назад +49

    A damn shame how colonialism shaped our world. That power could have been used for good intentions for ALL mankind. Instead, greed prevailed. 😞

    • @Jamie95326
      @Jamie95326 4 года назад +3

      That sums up all of human history. Just look at almost every revolution and a good amount of the countries that got independence from colony powers. Greed and corruption almost always win out unless people fight back against it.

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 3 года назад +11

      We keep forgetting that many of these "colonized" countries were colonizers themselves. Sounds pessimistic but I think it's the natural state of things for the powerful to take advantage of the weak.

    • @timothyhiggins8934
      @timothyhiggins8934 3 года назад +1

      @@nunyabiznes33 that's all too true. It just sucks being on the receiving end of it

    • @actuallicensedteacher1846
      @actuallicensedteacher1846 2 года назад +2

      That's a myopic. Colonialism, while full of darkness, also facilitated the age of globalization and multiculturalism on a mass scale.

    • @timothyhiggins8934
      @timothyhiggins8934 2 года назад +1

      @@actuallicensedteacher1846 yes that may be true, but I'm pretty sure that the poor people who were on the dark side of colonialism don't care much for globalization or multiculturalism.

  • @alipanahi5374
    @alipanahi5374 4 года назад +4

    I’m from Iran. This video isn’t very accurate. Yes, Iran was never officially colonized but ever since late 1890s, Britain’s influence started growing. A coup happened in 1920 against Ahmad Shah which is believed to be supported by Britain. The coup leader, Reza Pahlavi, perhaps the most controversial human being in Iran(half of the people think of him as evil, the other half as a saint, I don’t give a sh*t), was crowned as the new king 5 years later by the vote of the Parliament. 23 years later, more or less, the Allied leaders had a meeting in Tehran, Iran’s capital, and somewhere around that meeting, they decided to overthrow Reza Shah and place his son, Mohammad Reza Shah (Shah means King btw). He remained king for 37 years and except a few years around 1955 when Mosadegh was PM, Iran’s oil was mostly a British asset. Although both Reza and Mohammad Reza were more independent and powerful than Qajar late kings, These two still had to sometimes obey UK and Later US leaders in some fields. Off course most Iranian, specially in Social Medias, love these two kings and will say that everything I wrote here is bulshit, that Pahlavi Kings were angles. I guess this quarantine is a good time for you to find out the truth yourself :)

    • @marmary5555
      @marmary5555 4 года назад +1

      When did anything the Brits have produced about Iran ever been accurate?

    • @hmmm3210
      @hmmm3210 2 года назад +2

      LOL it's just reactionaries tbf . Current Iran is muh bad guy and everything was all rainbows and cupcakes before 1979 therefore the Pahlavis were great rulers .

  • @darrak4851
    @darrak4851 4 года назад +4

    Correction: The 1919 Anglo Iran Agreement was never implemented nor was it ratified by Majles (Iranian Parliament) and the king (Ahmad Shah) despite his being enticed by the British to financial rewards. In fact it was a secret deal between Iranian PM (Vosuq) and British ministers Cox and Curzon. But once it went public, there were protests, both in Iranian parliament and on the streets which persuaded other world powers like France, Russia and US to oppose to it. Also noteworthy; what is overlooked in the above clip is Iran's relations with the rest of the world (almost all major European nations had embassies in Iran for centuries, not to mention various consulates) which helped her keep the balance of international powers as an independent nation!

  • @miruson
    @miruson 2 года назад +1

    you taught me much history, mr. history.

  • @Whurlpuul
    @Whurlpuul 4 года назад +5

    Very nice, not easy negotiating your way out of colonisation. Good for them.

  • @spdutahraptor777
    @spdutahraptor777 3 года назад +4

    "The Ottomans would soon after go on to lose the war and break apart"
    I swear, no one talks about history like this guy

  • @behnamkeivan4633
    @behnamkeivan4633 4 года назад +40

    EYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY LONG LIVE IRANSHAHR

    • @amirsalehbashiri1393
      @amirsalehbashiri1393 4 года назад +1

      Behnam Keivan parcham iran alanam bezan to username-et parcham balast 🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷 shiro khorshid khali zadi engari reza koni ro support mikoni dash

    • @Pesar2938
      @Pesar2938 4 года назад +1

      @@amirsalehbashiri1393
      Khomeini mifarmayad: "Kheily khari"

    • @amirsalehbashiri1393
      @amirsalehbashiri1393 4 года назад

      Red King na dashe man ma foghe veten perestim 👍🏽

    • @mahdimirzai5514
      @mahdimirzai5514 4 года назад +2

      @@Pesar2938 کسی که شیر خورشید که یکی از دیرینه ترین نمادهای ایرانه رو مربوط به پهلوی میدونه کارش از این حرفا گذشته. جدا از خوب و بد پهلوی که قطعا اگه نبودن الان افغانستان دوم خاورمیانه بودیم و به شیوه حاکمیت امروز مملکتو فروخته بودن و بدبخت کرده بودن آخریشم قرداد ۲۵ ساله چین.

  • @PakNationalist-xy4inシ
    @PakNationalist-xy4inシ Год назад +2

    Quick Question. So after WW2 the British put in place Mohammed Reza Pahlavi as the Shaw of Iran after over throwing his father. So after this why did Iran become a democracy a couple decades later? How did Pahlavi get banished? How did the Prime Ministers like Mohammed Mossaddegh come to power? Did the Soviets put them their?

  • @JenniferinIllinois
    @JenniferinIllinois 4 года назад +7

    So James Bizinet and Sky Chapelle each had their spheres of influence in Iran. Neither could take the whole country because neither was willing to increase their Patreon contribution.

  • @ksinkar
    @ksinkar 4 года назад +4

    European colonisation is not the only kind of colonisation.
    Persia was successfully colonised by the Arabs first (Disappearance of Zoroastrianism) and then the Mongols/Mughals.

  • @OSSOYT
    @OSSOYT 4 года назад +36

    Persian: Iran
    France: *thunderous applause*

    • @tigervv6437
      @tigervv6437 4 года назад +3

      I see what you did there :)

    • @tdoge
      @tdoge 4 года назад

      Also Nazi Germany: *thunderous applause*

    • @theguywithadifferentopinio9060
      @theguywithadifferentopinio9060 4 года назад

      @@erfan. What do they mean

    • @tahapournosrat3770
      @tahapournosrat3770 4 года назад

      @@theguywithadifferentopinio9060 the name of the land was iran since the beginning, but western nation called it persia because it was used to be ruled by persians, when the shah ask the nations of the world to call the country by its real name, france and nazi germany accepted instantly, yet some countries like the UK didn't do so for years, like you know how we call germany germany but the people of germany call it dutchland? similar situation

  • @negarnaderi815
    @negarnaderi815 4 года назад

    That was really fun to know. thank you